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Renewing soil

Monday, January 5, 2009

Wendell Berry has a typically wise column (co-written with Wes Jackson) in today’s NYTimes in which he calls for a new agricultural policy for the next 50 years. Here is the key quote:
Clearly, our present ways of agriculture are not sustainable, and so our food supply is not sustainable. We must restore ecological health to [...]

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Guns n Mysore

Sunday, December 28, 2008

With a gun, on a bike, in the streets of Mysore. Then you
enter the Deputy Commissioner’s Office!
Read the entire Star of Mysore report.
Mysore, Dec. 27 (MRS,RK& DM)- With the terror attack on Mumbai a month ago (Nov. 26) still fresh in the minds of the people, Mysore city was witness to security breach, that too [...]

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A play called Ghandi

Monday, August 11, 2008

ESPN.com’s Paul Kuharsky reports that Indianapolis Colts run a play called Ghandi.
Tight End Dallas Clark explains:
“Usually, I know the origin or the background of what the code word means for the play. But for Ghandi, I’ve forgotten how that one came about. Six years in this offense, we have everything. Some you question or some [...]

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And the snark returns

Monday, August 11, 2008

Now that the moment of celebration is over, the snark returns. Read this nonsense from a SOM editorial on child marriages. Let me quote the relevant lines since SOM doesn’t do archive.
District In-charge Minister Shobha Karandlaje promised on Friday that a probe would be initiated into child marriage in the State. The matter has larger [...]

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What’s wrong with these people?

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Star of Mysore had two reports yesterday on Mysore District in-charge Minister, Shobha Karandlaje.
At a district-level review meeting of officials and people’s representatives at Zilla Panchayat, Ms. Karandlaje said that the fertilizer crisis is not serious.
Then, in a second meeting on Dasara preparations, Ms. Karandlaje outlined her vision of Dasara. Let me quote from the [...]

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May I have a Plane, please?

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

On sunday, Vijaya Karnataka had this funny story.
Last weekend farmers from Mandakalli and neighboring villages, who had lost their lands for the Mysore Airport project, met with the district officials. At this meeting, one farmer had this simple demand.
Sir, because of land acquisition for the airport, the road to my farm is gone. Would you [...]

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